Pastor of Music

Ministry Experience

Music/Youth Positions
1969-71 First Baptist Church
Stroud, OK

1971-73 Britton Baptist Church
Oklahoma City, OK

1973-77 First Baptist Church
Borger, TX

Music Pastor Positions
1978-80 First Baptist Church
Texarkana, TX

1980-84 Village Baptist Church
Oklahoma City, OK

1984-95 Northwest Baptist Church
Oklahoma City, OK

1995-2000 University Baptist Church
Fayetteville, AR

2000-present Metropolitan Baptist Church
Oklahoma City, OK

Family

Married Margaret Shelton, 1971. Daughters, Robin and Rachel; Son, Nathan.

Education

• Bachelor of Church Music, Oklahoma Baptist University, 1972 (major in voice, minor in piano)

Interests/Hobbies

Guitar and Golf

About Me:

I came to know Christ at age 17 and sensed almost immediately His call to be a Christian musician. I love my job, and can hardly believe I get to do what I do. I have received spiritual help from several godly pastors and laymen who have taught me to live close to Christ, and then live close enough to other people that they can learn how do to the same. My name, "Purifoy", is French, and means "pure faith, my joy."